Where does “muur” come from?

muur (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch muur, from Old Dutch mūr, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin moerus, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

muur (Dutch): A wall; A type of fast-food vending machine with...

Definitions

  1. A wall; A type of fast-food vending machine with...

Ancestry of “muur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmuurwall
2Old Dutchmūr
3Latinmūruswall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
4Old Latinmoerus
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “muur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-
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